Collection Highlights
Unidentified Osage Warrior Wearing Bird Headdress
1807
1860.91
Charcoal with stumping, Cont
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Chalkware (squirrel with nut)
Object name
Chalkware (squirrel with nut)
Date
1850-1890
Medium
Plaster of Paris, paint
Dimensions
Overall: 6 5/8 x 3 1/8 x 4 3/8 in. ( 16.8 x 7.9 x 11.1 cm )
Description
Chalkware squirrel clutching and eating a nut; mostly unpainted except for green and red stripes on tail, red accents on face, green nut, and green and red stripes on low oval base.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.1797
Marks
handwritten in pencil: on inner wall of base: "1237b[or G] / Amer"
Gallery Label
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
